It’s all Greek to me…

Okay, I know this title is an incredibly obvious pun (and far below my usual, high standards), but I thought I would make it now before anyone else did.

As most of my friends know, I’ve been wanting to study New Testament Greek for some time. However, this has been easier said than done. For a start, my geographical wanderings in recent years have made committing to a course of study difficult. Also, finding somewhere that teaches New Testament Greek is not such a simple task as one might imagine and finding one which is cost-effective only adds to the fun…

When I began my “Introduction to the New Testament” course about a month ago at the Pastoral Center I asked the instructor for suggestions as to how I could bring this desire to learn Biblical Greek to fruition. He suggested that I:

1. Contact Bethel Seminary
2. Learn using a self-study course

I followed his advice and contacted Bethel Seminary and it turns out that I can audit their New Testament Greek course fairly inexpensively. I’m filling out an application for the course and it starts in September – score!

Since I have a bit of time before September I decided to get ahead of the game and follow my instructor’s second piece of advice. I had recently been given an old copy of a NT Greek instructional book and I decided to supplement it with the videos from  LearnGreekForFree.com. I’ve interacted with the course’s teacher, D. Eric Williams, a couple of times over email and he’s been helpful in clearing up a few of my issues.

I’ve been studying Greek now for a couple of weeks and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve already found an interesting tidbit or two worth sharing, but that’ll have to wait for another post…